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W. A RUDOLPH.

- FEED HOPPER FOR POULTRY.

APPLICATION FILED APR22, 1922.

1 ,427 O2 Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALLACE A. RUnoLru, acitizen of the United States, residin at Renville, in the county ofRenville and S tate of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful FeedHopper for Poultry, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to feed hoppers for poultry and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a hopper of this characterwhich is extremely simple in construction, which may be constructed witha minimum consumption of material, requiring a small amount of labor,thereby adapting it to be cheaply manufactured and yet is thoroughlyeflic-ient for the purpose intended.

Another object is to provide a hopper of this character which may bereadily disassembled for shipping or storing.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the com bination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescopev of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a plan view of a hopperconstructed in accordance with this invention, with parts broken out andin section; and a Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereof.

In the embodiment illustrated, a feed hopper 1 which may be of anydesired cross sectional contour being here shown circular, merges at itslower end into a funnellike chamber 2, the mouth 3 of which is designedto be spaced above a receiving tray 10 presently to be described.

The container 1, preferably has its upper edge rolled outwardly anddownwardly to form a head 4. Mounted in this beaded member 4 is, aclosure 5 having a laterally extending flange 6, designed to rest on thebead 4:, while an annular flange 7 carried by the inner face of theclosure 5 fits within the container 1 and holds the top 5 securelyagainst accidental removal. A hand grip or knob 5 is here shown tofacilitate the application and removal of the top,

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The container 1 is removable in a support formed of a plurality ofbraces 8 here shown in the form of metal strips, having their upper endsbolted or otherwise secured to a split band 9 having outturned aperturedears 9 at its ends through which a bolt 9 extends. Any desired number ofthese strips 8 may be employed, twelve being here shown, and theydiverge from the container 1 and have their lower ends turned outwardlyto form feet 8 which are bolted or otherwise secured to a flat ring 11adapted to lie on the bottom of the receiving tray 10.

The receiving tray 10 is of a size to extend laterally beyond the planeoccupied by the container 1 and is equipped with an upstandingcircumferential flange 12 rolled at its upper edge to form a bead 13.

From the above description, it will be obvious that the braces 8 notonly operate to support the feed container 1, but also perform thefunction of guards to prevent the poultry from getting into the traywhich is objectionable for many reasons.

In the use of this hopper the feed is placed in the container 1 andpasses down through the chamber 2, out through the mouth 3, into thetray 10 until it reaches a point in said tray sufficiently deep tosubmerge and seal the mouth 3 of the container.

As is shown clearly in Fig. 2, the mouth 3 of the container extends downinto the tray 10, below the upper edge ofthe flange 12 thereof, so thatit may be sealed in the manner above described. As the feed is consumedfrom the tray 10, more will pass out through the mouth 3 into said tray,and thus keep the poultry supplied until the container becomes empty.

This feed hopper being preferably constructed of sheet metal is verylight and readily portable and may be easily cleaned in an obviousmanner. It also may be readily knocked down for shipping or storing byloosening bolt 9 lifting the container 1 out of band 9 and then thesupports, containers and trays may be nested so that a large number willoccupy a comparatively small space.

I claim:

A hopper of the class described comprising a substantially cylindricalfeed container having a funnel-like lower portion, a feed receiverpositioned below said container sa-id receiver bei in bhe form of r atray having an upstan ing circwnierential flange, the isebem-wdvihthe ii-sme like portion, of said container projecting into the receiver below.the stqpjlhoneof," m

ends adapted to lie on-I-the of said 10 receiver, said braces divergingand forming guafds to-f rei ent the @oiflng getting myov vnQI havehereto afiixed my signature in the pxgsgmce of two witnesses.

v WALLACE A. RUDQLPH.

' Witnessesz j Email}. E; DUNNELL,

HENRY ROELOFS.

